Data Privacy & Cybersecurity

Forget The “Script Kiddies”: DOJ Needs To Get Serious About The Ransomware Business

May 25, 2021

Ransomware attacks aren’t spawned by lone wolves or wayward geeks. They are rather the end product of an organized business […]

After Crippling Colonial Pipeline Cyber Attack, Industry Still Resists Incident Reporting Requirements

May 21, 2021

Following the recent Colonial Pipeline ransom attack, there is a push in Congress for new pipeline security legislation, but the […]

Employees Seeking Data Containing Their Personal Information

May 18, 2021

Data subject access requests (DSARs), the right for any consumer to request that companies tell them what data holding their […]

AG Report: Millions Of Fake Comments Tainted 2017 Net Neutrality Battle

May 13, 2021

A report from New York state’s Office of the Attorney General details massive fraud during the comment period preceding repeal […]

Task Force to Tackle Ransomware

May 6, 2021

Ransom demands are escalating, but a public-private partnership formed last December is trying to devise a coordinated response. Among the […]

Apple Breach Typifies “The Future Of Online Extortion”

April 28, 2021

After obtaining technical information about unreleased Apple products by breaching Apple supplier Quanta, Ransomware gang REvil wants $50 million from […]

Five Billion Personal Records Hacked In Q1 2021

April 28, 2021

Numbers based on Hackmageddon data, where the most significant cybersecurity breaches are recorded continuously, show more than 5 billion data […]

For GCs, A Troubling Ruling From Mass. Supreme Court

April 22, 2021

Following revelations that data-analytics firm Cambridge Analytica had obtained and utilized Facebook users’ data for political-advertising purposes, Facebook commissioned a […]

From Swiss Cyber-Sleuths, New Light On SolarWinds Hack

March 29, 2021

A report from a Swiss cybersecurity firm reveals new information about what may have been the most extensive hack to […]

AI Is Boosting Malware: Get Ready For “Deepfakes”

March 15, 2021

Breaches, phishing, ransomware and other cyber-attacks are becoming more sophisticated and harder to detect, as perpetrators adopt artificial intelligence tools. […]

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